Hi, I also noticed the separation in frames 4 and 5 of my Mars movie: http://www.astroshow.com/mars/ccdmars.html. Frames 4 and 5 were taken in the Flagstaff area (Kelly Canyon Road) on 30 August at 10:01 and 10:39 respectively. The seeing was pretty bad at those points in time... Thanks, Howard Brian Skiff wrote: >>> I saw, to my surprise, what appeared to be a chunk of the S polar cap >>> that was mostly, if not completely, detached from the main area of the cap. >>> >>> > > yes, this apparently appeared last weekend or early last week, In the >Lowell Clark and its 12-inch guidescope it was quite well detached from >the main body of the cap (by about its own width). > >\Brian >-- >See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please >send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > > -- Thanks, Howard (in Tempe, Arizona) http://www.astroshow.com -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.